A very smart guy who always likes to practice brinksmanship, you know, wait until the last minute before a vote, before announcing how he's going to vote on some really big issue.— FOXNews.com
In Kim's case, negotiation has always been about brinksmanship - develop nuclear weapons and tell everybody you're ready to use them.— chron.com Chronicle
This missile test is a classic example of the kind of brinksmanship at which the North Koreans excel.
But brinksmanship is not as easy for a democracy, especially one that has to consult with other democracies-a lesson that the Bush administration learned in its misguided and unsuccessful effort to get tough with the North Koreans.
No wonder Benayoun fancied that they could just be copying the blueprint of never-say-die brinksmanship which, from yesterday's glorious evidence, United have clearly not forgotten guided them to the last two titles.— Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
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